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It Takes Two

Developer
Hazelight Studios
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Released
25 March 2021
Age rating
PEGI 12
UK price
£34.99

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Genres: platform , puzzle , adventure

Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two, a genre-bending platform adventure created purely for co-op. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Play as the clashing couple Cody and May, two humans turned into dolls by a magic spell. Together, trapped in a fantastical world where the unpredictable hides around every corner, they are reluctantly challenged with saving their fractured relationship.

Best gaming PC for It Takes Two in 2026

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Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for It Takes Two today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.

Mid-tier

£1,299

1440p · 60fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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High-end

£1,799

1440p · 144fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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Official system requirements

These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Electronic Arts on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.

Minimum Recommended
OS Windows 8.1 64-bit / Windows 10 64-bit Windows 8.1 64-bit / Windows 10 64-bit
CPU Intel Core i3-2100T or AMD FX 6100 Intel Core i5 3570K or AMD Ryzen 3 1300x
RAM 8 GB 16 GB
GPU Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 or AMD R7 260x Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 or AMD R9 290X
Storage 50 GB 50 GB
DirectX 11 11

Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.

Can your PC run It Takes Two?

If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i5 3570K and your GPU is at or above Nvidia GeForce GTX 980, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.

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